My reading this morning brought a huge surprise for me! Let me explain: My morning devotions begin with reading the popular book, Jesus Calling by Sarah Young, followed by reading her suggested Bible passages. One of today’s passages: “… looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:2 NKJV) You know…

Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 3:1, “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.” (NLT) I have had a hard time with this scripture this year; especially this Christmas season. A close friend advised me to use the internet for a possible source of finding out why holidays sometimes affect us in a negative way. I did find a few good resources, but one seemed to hit on one thing in particular that could explain what I was feeling! It was possible that I…

We have been looking at the Old Testament book of Joel. As a review: A Bible that had been burned in the recent wild fires in SE Tennessee Mountains has drawn a lot of attention. The badly charred pages were rolled back to disclose the book of Joel chapter 1:15-19. What does it mean? Could it have been a sign or a warning from God? I am leaning that direction in the hope that someone will be curious enough to do soul-searching regarding…